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Company type | Public |
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BSE: 532922 NSE: EDELWEISS | |
ISIN | INE532F01054 |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | November 1995 |
Founders | Rashesh Shah Venkat Ramaswamy |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Rashesh Shah (Chairman & CEO) |
Products | |
Revenue | ₹8,632 crore (US$1.1 billion) [1] (2023) |
₹2,827 crore (US$350 million) [1] (2023) | |
₹273 crore (US$34 million) [1] (2023) | |
AUM | ₹175,000 crore (US$22 billion) [2] (2023) |
Total assets | ₹44,064 crore (US$5.5 billion) [1] (2023) |
Total equity | ₹6,654 crore (US$830 million) [1] (2023) |
Number of employees | 8,820 (2023) [1] |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | edelweissfin |
Edelweiss Group (officially known as Edelweiss Financial Services Limited) is an investment and financial services company based in Mumbai. [3] It was co-founded by Rashesh Shah and Venkat Ramaswamy.
The company deals in various financial services ranging from brokerage services to life insurance and general insurance, private equity and other investment-related services through subsidiaries. [4] It has a network of sub-brokers and authorised people across India. It is registered with National Stock Exchange of India, Bombay Stock Exchange and Multi Commodity Exchange.
Edelweiss was founded in 1995 by Rashesh Shah and Venkat Ramaswamy. [5] Initially, the company worked on private equity syndication, mergers, acquisitions (M&A) and focused on advisory services. [6]
Edelweiss worked on mergers & acquisitions, providing advisory and investment banking services. [7] Edelweiss also offered equity broking, portfolio management, and wholesale financing services to individuals and corporates. [8]
The company became a merchant bank in 2000. [9] It was also helped start-ups raise funds via the non-IPO route, Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity funds (PE). [8] In 2000, the company had capital mark of ₹50 million. It acquired Rooshnil Securities in 2001. [10]
During this period Edelweiss added institutional broking and non-banking financial company (NBFC) activity to its portfolio. [8] In 2007, Edelweiss obtained its Clearing Member License. [11] The same year, Edelweiss commenced asset management business with the launch of real estate funds.
In 2007, Edelweiss Global Wealth Management was established [12] to offer wealth structuring solutions,[ buzzword ] asset protection, asset transfer strategies, risk management and investment banking solutions.[ buzzword ] [13]
In 2008, EdelGive Foundation (the company's charitable wing) was established with education and livelihoods as its primary focus areas. [14]
In 2010, Edelweiss acquired Anagram Capital, for Rs. 164 crore. [15] In 2011, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance was established as a joint venture between Edelweiss and Japanese insurer Tokio Marine. Edelweiss held a 74 per cent stake in the JV. [16]
In 2014, Edelweiss Financial Services acquired Mumbai-based asset management company, Forefront Capital Management. [17]
In 2016, Edelweiss Asset Management Company completed the acquisition of fund schemes of JP Morgan Asset Management India. [18]
In September 2016, Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd also agreed to acquire Ambit Investment Advisors' longshot hedge fund Ambit Alpha Fund. [19]
In 2016, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a pension fund manager in North America, acquired 20 per cent equity stake in Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company (EARC) with a view to investing annually in stressed assets and the specialized corporate credit segment, over a four-year period. [20]
In 2022, Edelweiss General Insurance's Group Health Policy includes LGBTQ+ community. [21]
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